so, I learned that #threads can not only get your posts, even if you blocked them (via different servers that didn't and that store your posts cus people there may follow you or interact with you), they can also monetize those posts by showing ads next to them. Thus making money off of you. Put that together with all the genocidal and fascist and other harmful activity. It makes me think that the #enshittification of the #fedi has begun. The cycles seem to move faster and faster. I love it here and I've had many elightening convos and beautiful connections. Today I read that 41% of servers have blocked threads. Maybe there is still hope.
Esp. the neurodivergent community on here is the best I've ever experienced. @actuallyautistic
@samid@actuallyautistic Please let me know of of a good one that does block #NSAbooks / #StasiBook aka. "#Meta" nee #Favebook because I just found out @stux doesn't do that anymore and I feel like I've been backstabbed with a Type 30 bayonet and it's tip is sticking out of my chest...
@dangillmor strong disagree. Wait and see what? Whether federation with #Threads ruins the culture that we came here for, if it damages the fediverse, or if #Meta are not a malevolent corporation after all, but just made honest mistakes.
You're a smart man Dan so I'm surprised to see you say that.
Hey hcommons.social and the #fediverse: we've made the decision not to federate with #Meta and #Threads. We do not feel that we can adequately protect members of our community from potential attacks from anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Black, anti-academic, or other extremists who can freely create accounts and sow hatred on Threads unless we block the server. We do not want to allow any kinds of connections that would make our most at-risk users less safe.
We understand that this may disappoint some of you, and that you may wish to seek another instance that will allow you to communicate more freely with your friends on that network. Please read more about our reasoning on our team blog: https://team.hcommons.org/2023/12/15/threads/
Okay #Fediverse, let’s get something straight. We are all grown ups here (hopefully) and can make choices for ourselves. We alive in a society that allows us the freedom to choose for ourselves what to do.
Why would you allow or want to be part of an instance where they choose for you who or what to block? I understand that there are BAD people on #Meta, just as there are on EVERY platform on the internet.
Give the regular people on each platform a chance to been seen.
With yesterday's announcement that Meta is starting to test Threads and ActivityPub integration, I see the #Fediverse is at an all time high again of whining and crying and being butthurt over it all.
I get stating your opinion about not wanting them here or whatever, but come on people, don't sound like a little 2 year old who lost their pacifier. It gets old, quick.
Just mute/block and move on and be done with it all. It's really that damn simple.
Mastodon is interoperable, decentralized, operated by a nonprofit, lively, and, ACTUALLY, isn't hard to use. So why is everyone championing Threads as the main Twitter alternative?
It's because it is backed by an already-known company that has made it big in the social media space. I personally would love to see what it would be like with #META making #Threads join the #Fediverse
FCC to restore #NetNeutrality and also, hey, to protect our online activity from scrapping--be it for #ArtificialIntelligence training without our consent, or for even more nefarious purposes.
When the public comment period opens, for your own interest, comment--the vultures will, by the thousands, using bots/AI, so we need to show up and make sure our voices are heard, and our interests protected.
Meta's #Llama 2 license has an unusual clause whereby they withdraw your right to use the model if you allege #Meta has breached your own IP rights by training their stuff on your intellectual property. #copyright#genai#LLama2
#firefish sieht nett aus. Ich hätte aber Fragen dazu und leider ist es schon wieder so, dass ein Administrator dieses Netzwerks es nicht für nötig erachtet, eine höfliche Anfrage mit Beachtung zu beschenken.
@crossgolf_rebel@askfedi_de@energisch_ wenn dann irgendeine kommerzielle Lösung angeboten wird, werden die meisten Nutzer dorthin gehen und ich vermute dass dies #meta#treads sein wird. Dann ist wieder eine Chance vertan, das Internet zu revolutionieren. Und das wäre wirklich äußerst bedauernswert ...
There is no reason why in this day and age that municipal, state, provincial, and federal #government cannot stand up their own #fediverse instances that they control to provide their citizens relevant information. Whether that be #mastodon, #lemmy, #kbin, #peertube, #pixelfeed, or #whatever. Why should we have to rely on #meta (#facebook and #instagram) or #x (#twitter) #databrokers for publicly funded and public relevant information and communication.
Weds 8/23 - Perkins Coie Sued Over #DEI, JPMorgan Bigwigs Sentenced, WV Denied Cert in CFPB Case, Meta Problems in Norway and WGA Strike Updates
We have #PerkinsCoie sued over diversity initiatives, former head of #JPMorgan’s precious metals trading desk sentenced, #WV denied cert in #CFPB case, #Meta in trouble in #Norway and #WGA strike updates
Canada just evacuated a city of 20,000 people because of the wildfires devastating the country, but when people turn to Facebook for emergency updates, they get caught up in Meta’s news ban.
It shows how little the company really cares about its users.
@Tutanota
This is a goodnight step in the right direction.
But I'm far more concerned about the users of the main operating systems.
You can simply stop using #Meta products but we all depend on #Windows, #Android, #MacOS and #iOS. #Linux is definitely a mayor part of the solution, as well as Android #CustomRoms.
However, most people don't have the knowledge and/or will to use alternatives.
Mastodon Is the Good One (www.404media.co)
Mastodon is interoperable, decentralized, operated by a nonprofit, lively, and, ACTUALLY, isn't hard to use. So why is everyone championing Threads as the main Twitter alternative?